Month: May 2011

The Guardian reports (Amazon rainforest activist shot dead): Six months after predicting his own murder, a leading rainforest defender has reportedly been gunned down in the Brazilian Amazon. José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria do Espírito Santo, are said to have been killed in an ambush near their home in Nova Ipixuna,…

Reuters / North Sudan seizes disputed Abyei, thousands flee Sudan’s northern army seized control of the disputed, oil-producing Abyei region, officials said Sunday, forcing thousands to flee and bringing the country’s north and south to the brink of full conflict. “Most residents in Abyei town left yesterday (Saturday) and have gone south. There are reports…

The batch of US government “cables” published by Wikiliaks last week were partly about natural resource concerns. Some of them were about climate change and the COP-15 summit too so I have already added some quotes to the collection regarding those topics. Read below a selection of quotes demonstrating the imperative role played by natural…